The last day of our family vacation. We slept in at my parents house and left for St. Louis around 9:30am. We were in for a casual drive home after the numerous miles we had put on during this trip. Hannah was coming back with us to hang out for two weeks. We stopped in … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 11 – 6/12/2011”
This morning, the St. Louis van got underway before 7am! Hannah, Bob, and the Stl Haakes knew that they had a long trip ahead of them if they were going to make it from Douglas, Wyoming to Kansas City in one day. meanwhile, the KC vehicles didn’t leave the parking lot till after 10:30am… White … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 10 – 6/11/2011”
Happy Birthday Hogan and Matt! On our last day, we finally managed to get on the road by 9am. This was also the first day that the St. Louis’ van needed to pay to get into the park! As we drove towards Old Faithful, we saw either a wolf or coyote cross the road. We’ll … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 9 – 6/10/2011”
For our last full day in Yellowstone, we started off with a big breakfast of pancakes and french toast. We made our way into the park with partly cloudy skies. the next thing we know, we are driving through hail and sleet. About 5 minutes later and it is snowing — 5 more minutes and … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 8 – 6/9/2011”
Today was an early day. We needed to get to the Whitewater place by 10 am and it was about an hour and a half drive to the north. Hogan, Danelle, and a a few others were awake before 7am. By 8am, the 9 of us going on the trip were loading into the car. … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 7 – 6/8/2011”
Once again, Corvin woke about an hour before the rest of us, except Bob. Corvin had slept through the buffalo last night. The tow of them were playing a game of Sorry when Danelle woke up. They had been through a whole deck when Danelle joined in. It was a fun game — very close … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 6 – 6/7/2011”
At the Super8, Danelle and Sonora shared a bed, Hogan and Corvin shared a bed, and Bob took the floor. In the morning, Bob was up early. Danelle woke with Sonora’s feet in her back, only a few inches from falling out of bed. Hogan and Corvin were face to face, allowing for some great … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 4 – 6/5/2011”
I got up at 5:00 am when my alarm went off and got right to getting ready for the day. Next I woke up dad around 5:30am. From there, the rest of the troops started waking up. I’m a bit of a task master when it comes to traveling and wanted to get a good … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 2 – 6/3/2011”
We decided to do the big family vacation this year with my parents and as many siblings that we could get to join us. I also had two uncles with us. Our destination was Yellowstone national park. We left St. Louis after work with the two back seats of the van folded down and tons … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 1 6/2/2011”
I won’t post any photos for those of you that are squeamish, but Corvin had another accident. He was playing around and fell back, splitting open his head. This required a late night visit to the ER for 4 staples to close up the wound. Luckily, he didn’t start getting staples until he was well … Continue reading “6.16 ER Visit for Corvin”